Status as at Tuesday September 22 2020 ( 3:40pm EST )
Public Transport is an essential service and at present, most metropolitan trams, buses and ferries across Australia are running to regular timetables, although a few are running on Saturday timetables on all weekdays.
Many (but not all) airport connection buses have been suspended.
Many long distance services are also running to regular timetables but many privately operated services are operating on reduced frequencies and some have been suspended entirely. All travellers are responsible for ensuring they have appropriate authorisations to travel across borders and through all regions traversed.
All tourist-oriented services have been suspended.
Restrictions on movement within and between cities and States have been introduced and are being tightened. Transport operators will modify or suspend services in response. We are monitoring all transport operators and will update here whenever information is received.
Service status Indicators:
Services running as normal
Reduced services running OR services suspended but a planned date for return to service is near.
Services suspended and no early return date is advised.
No advice/unknown
Metropolitan Public Transport Services:
- Sydney
Trains- Metro
- Light Rail Operating normally except The Star stop is closed at all times and after-midnight L1 line trams are suspended.
- Ferries
- Buses
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- Melbourne
Trains - Daytime trains running to normal timetables but about half the services after 8pm are suspended. No after midnight services are running.- Trams - Daytime trams running to normal timetables but about half the services after 8pm are suspended. No after midnight services are running.
- Buses - Daytime buses running to normal timetables but services after 8pm running to reduced frequency. No after midnight services are running.
- Skybus Tullamarine Airport to Melbourne City Express is running on an ON DEMAND basis only. All other Skybus services suspended ie (Docklands/Southbank, St Kilda, Avalon Airport, Eastern, Peninsula, Western)
- Ferries St Kilda Ferry and Herring Island ferry suspended. Westgate Punt reduced to weekdays only.
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- Brisbane
Trains- Ferries
- Buses
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- Perth
Trains - Running to normal timetables since May 2nd.- Buses - Running to normal timetables since May 2nd.
- Ferries - Operating to normal winter timetable.
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- Adelaide
Trains - ADDITIONAL shoulder-peak trains will run on the Gawler line to aid social separation.- Trams - All services now cashless only.
- Buses - Normal service running EXCEPT J1X Airport express which is suspended.
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- Canberra
- Trams
- Buses
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- Hobart/Launceston
- Buses. Operating as normal but travel is now free until end May to avoid cash handling.
- Skybus Hobart Airport service - suspended
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- Newcastle
Trains- Trams
- Buses
- Ferries
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- Darwin
- Buses Operating normally. All buses are free to avoid cash handling.
- Ferries - Mandorah Ferry operating normally. Previously suspended last two services of the day (11pm + 12am) restored May 23.
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- Gold Coast
- Trains
- Light Rail
- Buses
- Ferries - HOPO service resumed August 1st.
Long Distance country and Interstate services:
- NEW SOUTH WALES
- NSW Trainlink Trains As normal including into Queensland. But Melbourne XPT is NOT crossing the closed border and will run only between Sydney and Albury.
- NSW Trainlink Buses As normal including into Queensland and South Australia. Cross-border buses into Victoria are suspended including: Broken Hill to Mildura, Cootamundra to Mildura, Albury to Echuca and Wagga Wagga to Echuca.
- Greyhound Buses Sydney to Brisbane and Canberra to Melbourne have been suspended.
- Greyhound Buses Sydney to Canberra have been suspended but ONE trip per day resumed June 15.
- Firefly Express Sydney-Melbourne services suspended
- Sid Foggs coaches Newcastle to Dubbo resumed normal services May 13.
- New England coaches Tamworth to Warwick and Tamworth to Coffs Harbour services suspended due to border closures.
- Murrays Coaches Canberra-Sydney, limited services resumed 19 June
- Murrays Coaches Canberra-Melbourne suspended
- Murrays Coaches Canberra-Narooma, Canberra-Wollongong
- Transborder Coaches Canberra-Yass
- Premier Motors Sydney to Eden bus services are running to reduced frequencies.
- Premier Motors Sydney to Brisbane services are suspended.
- Australia Wide Coaches Express bus services between Orange and Sydney remain suspended until further notice.
- Port Stephens Coaches Sydney to Port Stephens express bus service now running daily as normal.
- Northern Rivers Buslines
- RMS Cross-river ferries operating normally
- Clarence River Ferry Yamba to Iluka operating normally.
- Byron Bay Train Appears to have resumed following Covid suspension.
- Central Coast Ferries Regular service Woy Woy - Saratoga - Empire Bay still running although tourist cruises are suspended..
- Skybus Gold Coast Airport to Byron Bay - suspended
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- VICTORIA
- VLine Trains Normal services - except Albury trains which are replaced by buses which are running only between Melbourne and Wodonga.
- VLine Buses Services running as normal except no buses are running into NSW or SA. The Albury to Canberra and Bairnsdale to Canberra buses are suspended. Bairnsdale to Batemans Bay / Narooma buses are truncated to run only between Bairnsdale and Genoa. Corowa buses run only as far as Wahgunyah. Mulwala buses run only as far as Yarrawonga. Tocumwal and Griffith buses run only as far as Cobram. Moama and Deniliquin buses run only as far as Echuca. Barham buses run only as far as Koondrook. Adelaide buses run only as far as Underbool or Lillimur. Mount Gambier buses run only as far as Casterton or Dartmoor.
- The Overland Adelaide-Melbourne &vv suspended (plan to resume in September??)
- Skybus Geelong to Avalon airport bus service suspended from March 31
- Gull Geelong to Melbourne Airport bus service suspended.
- Ballarat to Melbourne Airport bus service suspended
- Bendigo Airport Service to Melbourne Airport bus service suspended
- Balfours Shepparton to Melbourne Airport bus service suspended
- Gippy Shuttle Traralgon to Melbourne Airport bus service suspended
- Peninsula Searoad Queenscliff-Sorrento Ferry operating reduced frequency services - one every 2 hours.
- PTV branded private buses Operating normally
- Westernport Ferries Ferries Stony Point to French Island and Phillip Island running to reduced timetables.
- Port Phillip Ferries All service on both routes (Melbourne - Geelong and Melbourne - Portarlington) suspended.
- Greyhound Buses Melbourne to Canberra and Sydney resumed June 15 bus from July 6 are suspended again.
- Firefly Express Melbourne-Adelaide buses suspended.
- Firefly Express Sydney-Melbourne buses suspended.
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- QUEENSLAND
- Sunshine Coast line Trains
- Gold Coast Coast line Trains
- QR Traveltrain Trains Brisbane - Cairns (Spirit of Queensland), Rockhampton Tilt Train, Bundaberg Tilt Train NORMAL SERVICES from June 13.
- QR Traveltrain Trains Brisbane - Longreach (Spirit of the Outback) resumed 23 June.
- QR Traveltrain Trains Brisbane-Charleville (The Westlander), Townsville-Mount Isa (The Inlander) and connecting buses resumed running normal twice weekly services 19 September.
- NSW Trainlink Trains Brisbane XPT train is running normally.
- NSW Trainlink Buses Services into Queensland have resumed normal services.
- Murrays Coaches Brisbane - Toowoomba - Chinchilla running limited services.
- Greyhound Brisbane -Cairns suspended.
- Greyhound Brisbane- Toowoomba - Miles: reduced services Brisbane-Toowoomba recommenced June 15.
- Greyhound Buses between Brisbane, Byron Bay and Sydney and Tennant Creek-Mount Isa suspended.
- Greyhound Buses Longreach-Emerald-Rockhampton resumed full service from August 10th.
- Mackay transit Mackay-Emerald was reduced to 4 per week but appears to now have returned to daily operation.
- Glasshouse Country Coaches
- Bowen transit
- Premier Motors Brisbane to Cairns are running as normal
- Premier Motors Brisbane to Lismore and Brisbane to Sydey runs are suspended.
- Bus Queensland Services running normally.
- Bus Queensland St George - Lightning Ridge service not crossing NSW state border. Service will start and terminate at Hebel, Qld.
- Crisps Coaches Toowoomba to Warwick, Warwick to Tenterfield, Warwick to Moree limited services resumed July 20.
- Crisps Coaches Brisbane to Warwick and Stanthorpe - limited services resumed May 5.
- Trans North Coaches Cairns-Karumba as normal, but Cairns-Cooktown, Cairns-Kuranda and Cairns-Atherton services reduced and rescheduled.
- North Burnett Monto-Mundubbera-Maryborough appears to have resumed after suspension.
- North Burnett Mundubbera-Bundaberg was reduced to 1 per week but appears to have returned to 3 times weekly.
- North Burnett Eidsvold-Mt Perry-Bundaberg, and Monto-Ceratodus running as normal.
- Sealink Magnetic Island Ferry.
- Cruise Whitsundays
- Skybus Gold Coast Airport to Surfers Paradise service PERMANENTLY withdrawn
- Skybus Gold Coast Airport to Byron Bay - suspended
- Noosa Ferry suspended March 23, but resumed by July.
- Peddells Thursday Island - Seisia ferries
- Thursday Island Ferry to Horn Island are running to a revised timetable.
- SeaSwift Cairns to Cape York ferries - status not known.
- SeaLink Bay Islands ferries
- Coochiemudlo Island ferries operating to revised timetables.
- Green Island Ferries to Green Island.
- Fraser Island Ferries to Fraser Island running normally.
- Daintree Ferry The ferry across the Daintree river is running normally
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- SOUTH AUSTRALIA
- The Indian Pacific Sydney-Adelaide-Perth &vv
- The Ghan Adelaide-Alice Springs-Darwin &vv Resumed normal weekly services
- The Overland Adelaide-Melbourne &vv
- VLine All VLine bus into SA have been suspended from July 31 and are now running only within Victoria.
- Stateliner Buses Running reduced schedules on all routes but services are progressively beeing boosted towards normal levels.
- LinkSA Buses All route services operating as normal although special services to Monarto Zoo and Footy Expresses and Barossa School buses will not run. Cross-border service from Murrayville appears to have been restored. Cash payments accepted only in plastic bags and no change is given.
- Yorke Peninsula Coaches Modified services
- Sealink Kangaroo Island Ferry and connecting buses Adelaide-Cape Jervis, Goolwa-Cape Jervis and Penneshaw-Kingscote returned to normal schedules from May 11.
- KI Connect Kangaroo Island Connect Ferry (Cape Jervis to Penneshaw) and co-ordinated buses suspended.
- Firefly Express Melbourne-Adelaide suspended.
- Tambray Coaches Mildura - Adelaide.
- Greyhound Coaches Adelaide-Alice Springs-Darwin returned to full daily frequency August 2nd/3rd.
- Genesis Transport buses Adelaide to Flinders Ranges (Copley) running to reduced timetable - once weekly north on Thursday south Friday only.
- Barossa on demand bus Appears to have resumed following earlier suspension.
- Gawler and Mt Barker on demand buses Operating as normal
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- WESTERN AUSTRALIA
- TransWA Trains Australind, Prospector and Merredin Link normal timetables.
- TransWA Buses across regional WA normal timetables.
- Trans Regional Local bus services in provincialnormal timetables.
- SouthWest Coachlines Not running to Busselton Margaret River airport. Timetables re-published March 24- slight reduction in frequency on some routes.
- Integrity Coachlines Normal Timetables
- Goldrush Tours Express Kalgoorlie-Leonora-Laverton buses operating as normal.
- Rottnest Island Ferries Rottnest Island re-opened June 6 and ferry services resumed then.
- The Indian Pacific Sydney-Adelaide-Perth &vv suspended (Earliest Bookings available from August)
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- TASMANIA
- Spirit of Tasmania ferry between Tasmania and Melbourne is operating normally but you will not be permitted to board if you do not meet travel eligibility requirements.
- Tasmanian Redline Coaches
- Tassielink Coaches
- Derwent Valley Link
- Calow's Coaches
- Sainty's Coaches
- Lee's Coaches
- Manion's Coaches
- Area Connect
- Bruny Island Ferry Operating as normal (On winter timetable from April 1)
- Furneaux Freight Passenger travel on ferries from Bridport to Flinders Island and Lady Barron Island suspended March 24 but resumed early June.
- Lake St Clair Ferry Cynthia Bay to Narcissus ferry Suspended March 31 but resumed early June.
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- NORTHERN TERRITORY
- The Ghan Adelaide-Alice Springs-Darwin has resumed normal weekly services.
- Sealink Tiwi Islands ferry resumed service June 5.
- Sealink Numbulwar ferry resumed June 12.
- Sealink Groote Eylandt bus resumed early June.
- Greyhound Coaches Adelaide-Alice Springs-Darwin, Darwin-Broome running to reduced frequency. Adelaide-Alice Springs-Darwin returned full daily frequency August 2nd/3rd.
- Greyhound Coaches Tennant Creek-Mount Isa Suspended
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Tourist services were suspended, although some are now starting to re-open. This is our understanding of operating status of tourist railways, tramways and cableways.
- NSW Rail Transport Museum (Thirlmere - Buxton) - you MUST book and purchase tickets in advance - no sales on site.
- Sydney Tramway Museum (Loftus-Royal National Park) - opens SUNDAYS ONLY
- Valley Heights Railway Museum - reopens July 12.
- Katoomba Scenic Railway and cableway - reopened June 26
- Bendigo Tramways
- Ballarat Tramway Museum
- Dalesford Spa Country Railway
- Yarra Valley Railway (Healesville)
- Mornington Railway
- Portland 'cable' trams: suspended.
- Puffing Billy (Belgrave-Gembrook)
- Walhalla Goldfields Railway - services suspended.
- Bellarine Railway (Queenscliff)
- Victorian Goldfields Railway (Maldon)
- Arthurs Seat Eagle gondola suspended from March 23
- Kuranda Scenic Railway - full 7 day per week servces recommenced June 27
Skyrail Rainforest Cableway resumed normal services
- Savannahlander (Cairns to Forsayth) - recommenced June 10
- Gulflander (Normanton to Croydon) - recommence June 17
- Mary Valley Railway (Gympie) - Normal services re-commenced June 13.
- Rosewood Railway
- Tramway Museum (St Kilda, SA)
- Granite Island Horse Tramway (Victor Harbor) recommenced Friday June 5.
- Pichi Richi Railway (Quorn) resumed June 28th.
- Steamranger (Goolwa - Victor Harbour) recommenced Saturday June 6.
- Busselton Jetty train - normal services have resumed.
- Bennett Brook Railway (Perth) - Full services resumed July 6.
- Whiteman Park Tramway
- Hotham Valley Railway (Dwellingup) - Forest Train resumed June 21
- Pemberton Tramway - resumed June 29.
- Rottnest Railway- resumed July 4.
- Don River Railway (Devonport) resumed operation Saturday June 6.
- West Coast Wilderness Railway (Queenstown-Strahan) Resumed Tuesday 22 September
As soon as we become aware of service changes we will post an alert and update the service status summary here.
